Hair-steaming device.



T. GROSERT 6: E. UNGER.

HAIR STEAMING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.l6, 1911.

Patented June 11, 1912.

IV IVTOR 5 1720192446 6 106611? E02 198i fi e)" BY ,4 HORNE V8 STATESPara QFFEQO THOMAS GROSERT AND ERNEST UIiTG-ER, OF NEW YGEK, N. Y.

HAIR-STEAMING DEVICE.

Applicatien filed l orember 16, 1911.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, TnoMAs Grosser, a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, and ERNESTUNGER, a resident of the city of New York, borough or" the Bronx, in thecounty and State of blew- York, both citizens of the United- States,have invented a new and Improved Hair- Steaming Device, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to a hair steaming device, and an objectof theinvention is to. provide a heated tube adapted to surround the coil ofwet hair, to steam the same.

With the above and other objects in view, as will more fully appear, thepresent invention consists in certain novel detailsof construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described.

We attain, the above outlined objects vby disposing a coil of hairwithin one of a pair of concentric tubes, between which tubes isdisposed a resistance to electric energy, by means of which the tubesare heated. Suitable heat-insulating material surrounds theworkingparts, and means are afiorded for suspending the device in any suitableposition. a

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthisfspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing a preferred embodimentof our invention; Fig. 2 is ahorizontal transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by theline 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing the outer insulation removed and the inner tubepartly removed from the outer tube, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevationshowing the bore-closing door.

Described more in detail, our invention Specification of Letters Eatent.

Serial to. 660,592.

for a'handle 11, the ends of which wire are engaged by a pair of nuts12, one on each side of the plate 10 and bearing upon said plate, torigidly hold said wire in position. The wire is substantially U shaped,the outer end 13 being bent upwardly, as shown in Fig. l, to bring thesame out of alinement with. the bore of the inner tube 5, so that readyaccess maybe afforded to said bore from the inner end of the device. Thebore is normally closed by means of a hinged plate 14 (see Fig. 4),which plate contains an aperture 15, afiording means for the escape ofthe steam through said plate.

Disposed about the outer end or the inner Patented June til, 15912.,

tube 5, is a ring spaced member 16 of some the passage of electriccurrent throughwhich by means of the insulated leads 19, heats thematerial 18, as is common with electric heaters. The leads 19 passthrough the ring 17., through theaperture 9 in the ring 8, to anysuitable source of electric power.

Encircling the inner tube 5 and spaced,

therefrom, bymeans of the rings 8, 17 and 16, is an outer metal tube 20,one end of which is curled outward, to form a flange 21 disposedadjacent the ring 16, the opposite end of which has a pair ofdiametricall disposed recesses 22 adapted to telesco e the nuts 12, soas to bring the inner flush with the plate 10.

in order to hold the outer tube 20 in place, as well as to afford aholding means by which the device may be suspended, an aperture 24- isformed in the top of the outer tube 20, which aperture is adapted to bebrought into alinement with a threaded re cess 25 in the top of the ring8, through which aperture is extended the threaded end 26 of a U bail27, the opposite end of which bail has a notch 28 therein, adapted to besprung into a recess 29 in the top of the outer tube 20. Adjustablymounted upon the bail 27, is a suspending hook 30, held in place by ajam nut 31. By meansot this ing means disposed between said tubes and atone end thereof, an insulating handle extending from said tubes, andmeans for suspending said device in adjusted position.

2. In a device for steaming hair, a pair of concentrically-disposed andtelescoped tubes, means maintaining said tubes spaced from each other,electric resistance disposed .between said tubes, and a'removable platenormally closing the bore of the inner of said tubes, said closing platehaving an aperture therein, to permit the escape of steam from the endof the bore of said inner tube.

3. In a hair-steaming device, a tube having one end thereof flaredoutward and the opposite end externally screw-threaded, a spacin ringengaging said screw-threaded end, a j-acent the end of the tube, a platein screw-threadedengagement with said tube at the end, a handleconnected to said end plate, an outer tube collapsing said inner tubeand held spaced from the same by said ring, said outer tube abuttingsaid plate, and

electrical heating means disposed between said tubes.

4:. In a hair-steaming device, an inner tube, a spacing ring carried bysaid tube, an-

outer tube spaced from said inner tube by said ring, a heating meansadapted to be disposed between said tubes, a U-shaped bail having oneend thereof passing through said outer tube and engaging said ring, andmeans for removably connecting the other endof said bail with said outertube.

5. In a hair-steamin device, an inner tube, a spacing ring carried bysaid tube, an outer tube spaced from said inner tube by said ring,heating means disposed between said tubes, a U-shaped bail having oneend thereof passing through said outer tube and engaging said ring,means for removably connecting the other end of said bail with saidouter tube, a movable hook carried by said bail, and means carried bysaid hookfor locking the same on said bail.

6. In a hair-steaming device, an inner tube adapted to contain the hair,an outer tube encircling and spaced from said inner tube, electricallyenergized heating material disposed between said tubes and at one endthereof, a handle extending from said device at the end opposite the endcontaining the heating material, and electric leads for said materialentering said outer tube at the end havingthe handle.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS GROSERT. ERNEST UNGER. Witnesses:

W. S. On'roig, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

